Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/1–1255. Top Secret. Drafted by Robert J. G. McClurkin, initialed by Robertson, and sent through Robert R. Bowie and Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/2–955. Secret. Drafted by Jones; cleared with EUR, UNP, and in substance with the Department of Defense; and approved by McClurkin. Repeated to Bern, Stockholm, and Tokyo.

Source: Washington National Records Center, FOA/ICA Files: Lot W–1444, FRC 56 A 632, Korea. Confidential. Sent through Dennis A. FitzGerald, Deputy Director of FOA. This memorandum grew out of an interagency discussion of the subject on February 14, among working-level officials of the Departments of State, Defense, and the Treasury and the Bureau of the Budget and a large contingent of FOA officials, including Stassen, FitzGerald, and Moyer. A memorandum of the discussion is ibid.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 170 Series. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Also sent to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/2–2555. Secret. Drafted by Jones and Walter H. Drew of NA; cleared with FE, UNP, P, and in substance with the Department of Defense; and approved by McClurkin. Repeated to Bern, Stockholm, and Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5514 Series. Top Secret. Annex B “Joint Policy Declaration,” Annex C “NSC Action No. 1004 dated January 8, 1954,” and a “Summary Statement of Economic and Military Assistance to Korea” are not printed. In a Progress Report on December 30, 1954, the Operations Coordinating Board reported to the NSC that NSC 170/1 had become “partially obsolete” and should be revised. (For text of NSC 170/1, see Foreign Relations,1952–1954, vol. XV, Part 2, pp. 1620–1624.) The Progress Report is Ibid., pp. 1942–1956. On January 19, 1955, Assistant Secretary Robertson sent a memorandum to Secretary Dulles recommending that the Department support the development of a new policy paper on Korea. On February 10, the Department of State member of the NSC Planning Board transmitted to the Board a draft paper entitled “U.S. Objectives and Courses of Action in Korea,” which was prepared in the Department. The Board Assistants of the Planning Board reworked the Department of State draft and submitted a revised version to the Planning Board on February 18. The final draft printed here was approved for transmittal to the NSC by the Planning Board on February 24. (Copies of Robertson’s January 19 memorandum, the Department of State draft, and the Planning Board draft of this paper are in Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 61 D 167, Korea, U.S. Objectives and Courses of Action)

Source: Washington National Records Center, FOA/ICA Files: Lot W–144, FRC 56 A 632, Korea. Confidential. Also sent to CINCUNC, the Department of the Army, and the Embassy in Seoul and repeated to the Department of State.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/6–355. Secret. Drafted by McClurkin. A Department of Defense summary of this conversation was sent by Admiral Radford to the Deputy Secretary of Defense in a June 6 memorandum. (Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1025, 387.4 Korea)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795B.5–MSP/6–2155. Official Use Only. Drafted by Howard L. Parsons, Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs in the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, and approved by McClurkin. Repeated to Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795B.5–MSP/6–3055. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Parsons and Lieutenant Colonel Jack P. Napier, Deputy Chief of the Economic Division in the Office of the Chief of Civil Affairs and Military Government, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army; cleared with FOA; and approved by McClurkin. Repeated to Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795B.5–MSP/7–155. Confidential. Drafted by Howard F. Smith of NA, cleared with ICA and the Department of Defense, and approved by McClurkin. Repeated to Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, NA Files: Lot 59 D 407, Defense Cables Aug–Dec 1955. Secret; Priority; Noforn. Sent from the Eighth Army G–2 for the Department of the Army G–2. Repeated to Tokyo for CINCFE and COMFEAF, and to COMNAVFE Japan.

Source: Department of State, NA Files: Lot 59 D 407, Memcons (NNSC) 1955. Secret. Also sent to Robertson and David W. Wainhouse, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/8–1955. Secret. Drafted by Jones and concurred in by Wainhouse of IO, Assistant Secretary of State Livingston T. Merchant of EUR, and Assistant Legal Adviser John M. Raymond. Sent through Murphy.

Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Korea—1953 to Date. Top Secret. The working group was chaired by Landreth M. Harrison of the Office of the Under Secretary of State, and included representatives of the Department of Defense, [less than 1 line of text not declassified], ICA, and the OCB.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5514 Series. Top Secret. Prepared for the National Security Council by an OCB working group composed of representatives of the Departments of State and Defense, ICA, USIA, CIA, and the Department of the Treasury. A covering note indicated that the report was approved by the OCB on November 30 for transmittal to the NSC. A financial annex is not printed.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/1–556. Secret. Drafted by Jones on January 10 and initialed as correct by Robertson. The source text indicates the meeting took place in Murphy’s office.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Dulles–Herter Series. Secret. Transmitted to Washington in Dulte 36, which is the source text, with the instructions: “Eyes only Acting Secretary from Secretary for President.”

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/4–2056. Secret. Drafted by Norred and concurred in by Murphy, Phleger, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Francis O. Wilcox, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Jacob D. Beam.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/4–2556. Confidential. Drafted by Norred; approved by Sebald; and cleared with EUR, UNP, and L/UNA. Also sent to Bern and repeated to Seoul, London, Paris, and Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/5–156. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Norred; cleared with UNP, EUR, and L/UNA; and approved by Sebald. Also sent to Bern and repeated to Seoul, Tokyo, London, and Paris.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/5–1156. Secret. Drafted by Norred; cleared with L/UNA, EUR, and UNP; and approved by Murphy. Also sent to Canberra, Wellington, and Paris and repeated to Seoul and Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/6–556. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Nes and Hemmendinger; approved by Jones; and cleared with WE, UNP, and L/ UNA. Also sent to Bern, Stockholm, London, and Tokyo.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5514 Series. Top Secret. Prepared by an OCB working group composed of representatives of the Departments of State and Defense, ICA, USIA, [less than 1 line of text not declassified], and the Department of the Treasury. A covering note attached to the Report indicates that it was approved by the OCB on July 18 for transmittal to the NSC. A two-page Financial Annex is not printed.

Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5514. Top Secret. Wilson sent this report to the NSC under cover of a memorandum to Executive Secretary Lay. The report was circulated to the NSC under cover of a memorandum from Lay, October 12. Both memoranda are attached but not printed.

Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 62 D 1, Korea, U.S. Objectives and Courses of Action (NSC 5514). Top Secret. Drafted by Nes and Norred and cleared with Jones and Sebald. Hoover was serving as Acting Secretary during Secretary Dulles’ convalescence from surgery. Dulles remained in Walter Reed Hospital until November 18, after which he convalesced in Key West, Florida, until December 2.

Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204, Eisenhower/Dulles Correspondence with Rhee. Confidential. The text of this letter was sent to Seoul in telegram 376, November 23, for delivery to President Rhee. The telegram indicated that the signed original would follow by pouch. Ambassador Dowling reported in telegram 513, November 27, that he had delivered the letter to President Rhee that morning, and that Rhee, after reading the letter, commented that he supported the policy outlined in the message but remained skeptical that Soviet leaders were capable of responding to moral forces. Copies of both telegrams are ibid.

Source: Department of State, NA Files: Lot 59 D 407, Problems of Para. 13d of Armistice Agreement 1956. Secret. Drafted by Runyon. A memorandum for the files of this conversation was also prepared on November 28 by Monroe Leigh. According to Leigh’s memorandum, “Mr. Phleger stated that he had no legal objection to including the 240 mm [sic] cannon and the Honest John in the list of modern weapons to be introduced into Korea. He thought the question was purely one of policy determination.” (Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 60 A 1339, 388.3 Korea)

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 218, JCS Records, CCS 383.21 Korea (3–19–45)(2). Top Secret. A covering note, of the same date, from the Secretary to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General R. D. Wentworth, indicates that this memorandum was derived from JCS 1776/566, “Report by the Joint Strategic Plans Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on U.S. Objectives and Courses of Action in Korea,” December 26, a copy of which was attached to the source text but is not printed.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5702 Series. Top Secret. Copies were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Special Assistant to the President for Disarmament, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.5611/1–1857. Secret. Drafted by Parsons on January 23 and initialed by Robertson as correct. The source text indicates the meeting took place in Secretary Dulles’ office.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5702 Series. Top Secret. Circulated to the NSC on January 30 under cover of a note from Executive Secretary Lay, as background for the NSC meeting of January 31.

Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 62 D 1, Korea, US Policy Toward (NSC 5702, 5702/1, 5702/2). Top Secret; Eyes Only. Also sent to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence.

Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 61 A 1672, 471.6 Korea. Secret. A note on the source text indicates that the memorandum was seen by Assistant Secretary of Defense Sprague.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Confidential; Priority; Presidential Handling. Transmitted in telegram 67 to Seoul, July 20, which is the source text. Telegram 67 was drafted by R.L. Burns of S/S and cleared in the White House by Goodpaster. The first paragraph of telegram 67 notes that the letter is a reply to Rhee’s letters of June 19 and 24; see Document 227 and footnote 2 thereto.

Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5702 Series. Top Secret. Copies were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795B.5/8–1057. Secret. Sent to the Department of State through the Department of the Army as the executive agent and repeated to Assistant Secretary of Defense Sprague, CINCPAC, CINCUSARPAC, CG USARJ/UNCEA Japan, and the Embassy in Seoul. The source text is the Department of State copy.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, International File. Confidential; Priority; Presidential Handling. Transmitted in telegram 183 to Seoul, August 24, which is the source text. Telegram 183 was drafted in S/S and cleared by the President.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/9–657. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Assistant Secretary of Defense Harr and cleared by Jones, Palmer, Ockey, and Nes in FE, and in draft by Irwin, Quarles, Secretary Dulles, and President Eisenhower. Also sent to CINCUNC and repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/11–657. Secret. Sent through the Department of the Army as the Executive Agent to the Department of State and to OSD/ISA and repeated to CINCPAC, CINCUSARPAC, CINCPACAF, and the Embassy in Seoul. The source text is the Department of State copy.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/12–1857. Secret; Priority. Sent to the Department of Defense for OSD/ISA and to the Department of State and repeated to the Department of the Army, CINCPAC, USARPAC, and the Embassy in Seoul. The source text is the Department of State copy.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 711.56395B/12–3057. Top Secret; Priority. Originally sent as a CINCREP message and later corrected to CINCUNC message. Sent to the Department of Defense for OSD/ISA and to the Department of State; repeated to Department of the Army, CINCPAC, and CINCUSARPAC; and passed to the Embassy in Seoul.